TAILIEUCHUNG - Cultural resistance to fast-food consumption? A study of youth in North Eastern Thailand

Increased intake of saturated fat and refined sugars underlies much of the problem of emerging obesity all over the world. This includes middle-income countries like Thailand, which are subject to successful marketing of Western fast foods especially targeted at adolescents. In this study we explore the socio-cultural influences on fast-food intake for non-metropolitan (rural and urban) adolescents in North East Thailand (Isan). | International Journal of Consumer Studies ISSN 1470-6423 Cultural resistance to fast-food consumption A study of youth in North Eastern Thailand Sam-ang Seubsman1 Matthew Kelly2 Pataraporn Yuthapornpinit3 and Adrian Sleigh2 Thai Health-Risk Transition Project School of Human Ecology Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University Nonthaburi Thailand 2National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health The Australian National University Canberra Australia 3Research and Development Institute Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University Nonthaburi Thailand Keywords Obesity fast food culture Thailand youth. Correspondence Sam-ang Seubsman Room 101 Trisorn Building Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University Bangpood Pakket Nonthaburi 11120 Thailand. E-mail doi Abstract Increased intake of saturated fat and refined sugars underlies much of the problem of emerging obesity all over the world. This includes middle-income countries like Thailand which are subject to successful marketing of Western fast foods especially targeted at adolescents. In this study we explore the socio-cultural influences on fast-food intake for non-metropolitan rural and urban adolescents in North East Thailand Isan . Our questionnaire sample included 634 persons aged 15-19 years who are in and out of formal schooling and who are randomly representing upper central and lower Isan. All were asked about their knowledge of fast-food health risks and their attitudes towards and consumption of fast food and traditional food. As well we used several focus groups to obtain qualitative data to complement the information derived from the questionnaire. Some three quarters of sampled youth were aware that fast food causes obesity and half knew of the link to heart disease. About half consumed fast food regularly induced by the appeal of modern lifestyles social events and marketing as well as by the convenience speed and taste. Nearly two-thirds thought that local

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